Beer-mug



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. JEFFORDS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BEER-MUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,261, dated February 13, 1883.

Application filed November 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN E. JEFFORDS, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Beer-Mugs and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawing, mak-inga part of this specification, and t0 the letters and figures of reference marked thereoin The drawing is a sectional representation of my beer-mug. a

My invention has relation to beer-mugs, and has for its object to provide a neat and a cheap form of mug, which is readily cleansed and not easily broken.

My invention consists of a beer-mug made of suitable porous material, glazed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the body of a beer-mug; B, the

handle therefor; a, the heavy bottom thereof.

0 represents the glazing. The body A is composed of clay or other suitable porous material,

which is shaped by hand or by usinga turning-wheel; or it may be molded in a plastic mold. Itis then burned for bisque to a state of porosity, but not vitrified. It is then glazed and fired again to burn on said glaze.

A mug so made can be manufactured at a low cost and sold cheaply t0 the consumers.

It is not easily broken and cannot be readily upset, as the heavy bottom a gives it great stability. It being glazed, it is easily washed by simply rinsing it through water.

What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a beer-mug made of clay or other porous material, provided with the heavy bottom a, and glazed both upon the inside and outside, substantially as specified.-

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN E. JEFFORDS.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL BELL, ALLEN H. GANGEWER. 

